Table of Contents “...Blue as the eyes of her mother -- Small girl saying yes -- Mother and father talk while watching their first child sleep on an aeroplane -- Carpet talking to the mother's feet -- Storybook talking to the small girl at the bottom of the garden -- The garden can talk because of the law of cause and effect -- Summer -- Auntie talking to her niece -- Woman talking to her sister after rain -- Girl talking to the basket she is learning to weave -- Old man talking to the radio in his sleep -- Small girl talking to the quail chick she has just picked up off the driveway -- Father not talking during the long feminist play -- Fifteen-year-old boy talks in his broken voice -- Boy pleading with the half-empty moon -- Boy talking to his pockets -- Boy with a stamp collection talks to his solitude -- Young man who hasn't swum in fourteen years talks to the ocean -- Old house saying please -- Clothespeg talks to the clothesline -- Chalk talks to the chalkboard -- Lake -- Holiday -- Serein -- Untitled -- He and she -- He and she talk a sweet violence over dinner -- He and she discuss the possibilities -- Man in space talks to the stars -- Dressing gown talking to itself -- Man on the ridgeline saying wait -- New boots -- Woman on the balcony talks to a box of geraniums -- Man talks to the saddest bride in the world -- Lone runner talks to no one -- Man talks to his own shadow, which is moving in ways he pretends not to recognise -- Thief -- Bats -- The want -- He and she return home in the darkets part of the night -- He helps she to breathe in the cactus flowers and bees -- Knots -- Young man talking to his reflection after one year in an intimate relationhship -- Husband and wife talk without talking at a difficult dinner party -- Of cloud and movement -- A mirror and the first face -- Dancer with eyes on the palms of her hands talks to the floorboards -- New cello talking to the woman in black -- Two women dance together without looking each other in the eye -- Trumpet talking to the cornet -- Cloud talking to the top of a plantation pine -- Five finger (Pseudopanax arboreus) talking to the fist -- Poet who would rather write about beauty than disfigurement crushes a fly with his thumb -- Young and troubled man addresses his personal myth of the tortured artist -- Firefighters talking to the siren they are running towards -- Armchair talking to the window -- Best of intentions -- Woman talking to the crown she is desperately trying to wear -- Therapy -- You are at the beach talking to the waves -- The sun makes coins of light on the surface of the ocean, and what do they say? ...”